burn baby burn

I grab this drink because of it's pretty look, pretty name: Midnight Moon, and pretty fruity cranberries inside. Got home, couldn't wait to taste it; and it burns! The flavour is quite nice and sweet, and I can almost say wonderfully tasty if not for the burn that spread through your chest to your every organs. I like it, I wish I can drink more of it. I need a stormy chilly freezing night, then Midnight Moon can burn me.

what's cooking...

To welcome Dr. Castle back, I made dinner; seared scallops on top of kale (slightly burnt, oops); green pepper, tomato, onion couscous and sirloin steak.

what am i currently snacking on...

Really good pumpkin ice-cream from Trader Joe's; creamy and strong of pumpkin spice. Even Mochi, my kitty, loves it. Was really hard to take a photo without Mochi trying to lick the ice-cream. I topped it off with anise pizzelle. Now, usually I am not a big fan of the taste of anise. However, with the spiced ice-cream, it works wonderfully.

Tria Wine Room

Dr. Castle and I went to the happy hour at Tria Wine room in west philly. The atmosphere was quite nice, we both had the red wine, 5$, cheers! For food, we had the Tria meat plate, Brie de Nangis with Allagash Cherries and the luscious Gallego cheese. All were very good. Will definitely go back again.

Sushi at Fat Salmon

The food was already partly eaten before I took the picture. I do love sushi, sashimi. At Fat Salmon, the place is cool and atmospheric, plus the food is great. We ordered three special rolls; Miss Sake Bomb, Rock & Roll (my fav.), and Salmon Yaki. We also had a regular yellow tail roll. Um... um... so good, I want to go back.

Creperie Beau Monde

I love a good crepe, savory and sweet. I have been to Beau Monde over a dozen times, and was never disappointed. Just recently had brunch there with Dr. Castle, whom had the steak and poached egg with crepe. I had the smoked trout with leek; sooooo delicious. Plus, I order the sweet lemon and sugar crepe, finished too quickly for me to take photo of. I want more crepes!

Hell's Kitchen Chili

After work, back home and feeling the winter chill; Dr. Castle greeted me with hot chili on rice. It was very delicious, and warmed me up quick.

melting snowman

PEPSI 1969

by artist John Alcorn.

Latest Dish

At the Latest Dish, the dishes were quite pretty looking, however I was quite disappointed at my dish which was the roasted chicken. The skin texture of the skin was a bit soft and rubbery, and the flavour was okay. The calamari was pretty good. We also ordered the special duck and salmon dishes. My friend whom ordered the salmon quite disliked the creme leek mush underneath the fish. Well, I heard good things about the restaurant on yelp, but was sadly let down.

1951 Donut Queen

Road trip + snacking

Who doesn't like snacking while driving, especially when it's a long drive. I am back now from a wonderful trip to N. and S. Carolina with Dr. Castle. Other than candies and beef jerky, we also had peanut butter filled pretzels and turkey jerky from Trader Joe's, and rice crackers. Plus, some salt licorice specifically for Castle.

KAMP North Carolina

We thought we would be in the woods; camping in the cold with a simple shelter and wood fire to heat up simple food. However when we arrived at our camp site, we found our cottage neatly furnished with kitchen appliances, and utensils. To our surprise, we also got a mini refrigerator! Tucked in a corner was toilet with shower! So we cooked ourselves a nice meal of semolina penne with a tomato, green pepper, mushroom, and onion sauce, along with a bottle of 3 buck chuck from Trader Joe's.